2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1005+ words) The Church of the Holy Sepulcher was built over the spots where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead. Through many centuries, as Muslim rulers governed this region and changing politics affected the influence of religious…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1166+ words) Vaidyanathan, a yoga instructor, helped her grieving sister get face time with a high-profile guru who she hoped would help. “But he told her this was the work of karma and she should use this opportunity to connect with her…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (741+ words) When Amy-Jill Levine was a child in Massachusetts, a schoolmate in her predominantly Catholic hometown told her she was guilty of killing Christ because she was Jewish. Her mother reassured her that wasn’t the case — and instead of being embittered…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (402+ words) Paul McCartney explained those famous lines in the song by The Beatles, saying these Bibles “were in every hotel in America.” He’d never seen something like that in England. For more than a century, countless have found it in the…...

12+ hour, 24+ min ago   (297+ words) The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate the anniversary, speaking in English at the end of his traditional Sunday noon blessing from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. “Two days ago marked the 25th anniversary of the…...